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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Graham Ettridge, Cheltenham, GB;
Xiaochuan Jia, Vandalia, OH (US);
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F01D 11/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F01D 5/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/12 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F02C 7/275 (2006.01); F02N 11/04 (2006.01); F01D 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F01D 5/06 (2013.01); F01D 5/12 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 19/00 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F02C 7/275 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F02N 11/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2220/766 (2013.01); F05D 2240/20 (2013.01); F05D 2260/40 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbofan engine includes a turbine engine having a rotatable fan and a generator. The generator further includes a main machine, an exciter, and a generator control unit for controlling the excitation of the main machine. A rotor assembly is located within one of the blades, and a stator assembly that is along a rotational path of the rotor assembly whereby the operation of the turbine engine rotates the fan, which rotates the rotor assembly along its rotational path past the stator assembly to generate electricity.